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Is my PSU dead?

mobusta1

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It was working fine up until a few hrs ago. Than I tried doing some cable mangement and now it wont turn on. When I plug in the power cable and hit the power on button it starts for a second. I see the LED's flash on the fans and MB and than it just stops. Any ideas?
 
Try reseating all connections, that same thing has happened to me and I think the PSU is tripping the "breaker" so to speak so it doesn't short itself.
 
Tried that didn't work. Than I unplugged everything and just plugged the power cable into the psu and it didn't turn on. The PSU should still turn on if nothing else is connected except the power cable into the PSU right?
 
I'll try the above method. It says I need to plug something in, does that mean I need to plug in one of the PSU cables into the MB?

And yes I'm pretty sure I plugged everything in. I plugged in the 24pin main connector and the 4 pin connector and it would only turn on for a spilt second. In fact the only thing that would turn on would be the fan LED's and the MB LED's.
 
I was putting the 4 pin cable in the wrong way. I feel so fucking stupid right now its not even funny.
 
Wow. Lol.

I had almost the same problem recently. (Not the plugging it in wrong part though lol). I would plug in the power cable and the fans and LED's would turn on for a second and then shut off. This was even before I pressed the power button, though. A capacitor in the PSU was haywire, so we replaced the capacitor and the problem was solved.
 
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